Can the Sabbath be Kept on Any Day of the Week?
A few weeks ago I happened to hear a discussion about the Sabbath on a Christian radio program. The host of the program was interviewing a woman who had written a book urging Christians to keep the Sabbath. This author was telling Christian radio listeners about the wonderful benefits of keeping this neglected commandment. As she extolled the importance of the Sabbath and the blessings of Sabbath-keeping, her statements sounded very much like things I have said or written about the Sabbath. The only difference is that this woman keeps the Sabbath on Sunday, the first day of the week, instead of Saturday, the seventh day of the week. The host of the live radio program was taking phone calls from listeners. One listener called and tactfully pointed out the fact that the Biblical Sabbath is actually Saturday, not Sunday. The caller politely asked how the author could observe Sunday and call that day the Sabbath, when the Bible never refers to Sunday, the first day of the week, as the Sabb
